Quote Originally Posted by blackwatch70 View Post
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of course, it is 42nd Band (or Music) tartan.

https://www.scottishtartans.co.uk/42nd_Band_Tartan.pdf
I don't believe that the 72nd ever wore the 42nd Music sett. This is the PCES tartan. In the image the light blue is more obvious.

72nd (c1847) Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders (Pipe Cpl) in Gibraltar by F. D. Breciano 1847
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